biomanufacturing

At least four bipartisan bills in the 119th Congress would create tax credits, authorize funding, and stand up USDA task forces to reduce US dependence on petroleum-derived chemicals by scaling plant-based biomanufacturing.

University of Edinburgh researchers engineered bacteria to transform PET plastic into levodopa, a frontline Parkinson's medication, achieving 84 percent conversion from industrial waste in a proof-of-concept published in Nature Sustainability.

Australian biomanufacturing startup Cauldron Ferm has closed a $13.25 million Series A2 round to expand its continuous hyper-fermentation platform, which it claims reduces unit costs by up to 50 percent and capital expenditure by 45 percent compared to conventional batch processes.